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Chapter 28. An Appearance in the Marshalsea

           HetookhislittleFlintwinch,withfierceplayfulness,bythetwolapelsofhiscoat,andcried:

           ‘TotheDevilwiththeMarket,totheDevilwiththePigs,andtotheDevilwiththePig-Driver!Now!Givemetheanswertomyletter.’

           ‘Ifyoucanmakeitconvenienttoletgoamoment,sir,’returnedMrFlintwinch,‘I’llfirsthandMrArthuralittlenotethatIhaveforhim.’

           Hedidso.Itwasinhismother’smaimedwriting,onaslipofpaper,andcontainedonlythesewords:

           ‘Ihopeitisenoughthatyouhaveruinedyourself.Restcontentedwithoutmoreruin.JeremiahFlintwinchismymessengerandrepresentative.YouraffectionateM.C.’

           Clennamreadthistwice,insilence,andthentoreittopieces.Rigaudinthemeanwhilesteppedintoachair,andsathimselfonthebackwithhisfeetupontheseat.

           ‘Now,BeauFlintwinch,’hesaid,whenhehadcloselywatchedthenotetoitsdestruction,‘theanswertomyletter?’

           ‘MrsClennamdidnotwrite,MrBlandois,herhandsbeingcramped,andshethinkingitaswelltosenditverballybyme.’MrFlintwinchscrewedthisoutofhimself,unwillinglyandrustily.‘Shesendshercompliments,andsaysshedoesn’tonthewholewishtotermyouunreasonable,andthatsheagrees.Butwithoutprejudicingtheappointmentthatstandsforthisdayweek.’

           MonsieurRigaud,afterindulginginafitoflaughter,descendedfromhisthrone,saying,‘Good!Igotoseekanhotel!’But,therehiseyesencounteredCavalletto,whowasstillathispost.

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